AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF SOME ENTIRELY NEW INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICES DESIGNED TO SOLVE SOME FUNCTIONAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS THAT ARE PRESENT IN EXISTING COMPUTER-CONTROLLED INSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. THREE FORMS OF MANIPULATION PAD WERE STUDIED. INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIALLY PREPARED OBJECTS PLACED ON THE FLAT SURFACE OF THE PAD WAS SUPPLIED TO A…

THIS LECTURE, PRESENTED NOVEMBER 16, 1965, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, WAS THE SEVENTH IN A SERIES ENTITLED "EDUCATION IN AMERICA--THE CONTINUING CHALLENGES." THREE AREAS WERE DISCUSSED WHICH RELATE TO THE FORCES EXPECTED TO INFLUENCE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS--(1) THE INDIVIDUALIZATION OF INSTRUCTION, (2) COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION,…

Participation by Wilkes College in the Pennsylvania Regional Instructional System for Education (PRISE) Regional Cooperative Computing Activities program for the period July 1971 through June 1974 is summarized, and problems and successes identified. Loss of faculty members trained in the program and loss of interest of some of the others because…

THE THIRD 6-MONTH PERIOD OF OPERATION OF A COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION (CAI) EFFORT IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION WAS COVERED IN THIS REPORT. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TOTAL PROGRAM (A 4-YEAR EFFORT) WERE (1) TO COMPARE CAI WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES, (2) TO PREPARE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, (3) TO TRAIN PERSONNEL, AND (4) TO DISSEMINATE RESULTS OF…